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energy from renewable sources. energy efficiency. energy pollution reduction in removal. natural resource conservation. environmental compliance education and training and public awareness. when i was testifying on capitol hill, they had a paper cup in front of me. most the time it it is just a bottle of water. it said architect of the capital and power to save energy on the other. it fits the definition of education, training, public awareness it was called green job as. if it was just plain white and the people who made it would not have had green jobs. when i wrote the book "regulating to disaster" about environmental issues issues, i had a green job and perhaps i still do because i am talking about it. but if i was writing about security hour if i had just been working on that i would not have had a green job. regular toilets it is not a green job if it it is a low flow it it is. farmers. if they grow corn for ethanol it it is a green job. if it it is acorn for ethanol and people it it is at a green job. just for people from even though they are farmers they do not ha
energy from renewable sources. energy efficiency. energy pollution reduction in removal. natural resource conservation. environmental compliance education and training and public awareness. when i was testifying on capitol hill, they had a paper cup in front of me. most the time it it is just a bottle of water. it said architect of the capital and power to save energy on the other. it fits the definition of education, training, public awareness it was called green job as. if it was just plain...
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it is clear they're making energy energy less expensive. the average level as cost entering service in 2017 according to the department of energy, if they are field by natural gas, this cost $66 per megawatt hour. for wind, $96 per megawatt hour. for solar power $153 per megawatt hour. five years ago when the energy loan guarantee program was put in place and many of these subsidies for solar and wind, we didn't know we were sitting at 200 years of inexpensive natural gas. so maybe it was logical for people to think we need to be independent or as independent as we can be of the middle east. in fact, the first president to claim the phrase energy independent was richard nixon, a republican. so maybe it was logical to think if we make our own energy, we'll be more independent and self-sufficient. but this is before we found we had all this inexpensive natural gas around $2.75 send. so now we are in the middle the new american energy revolution. we found that we have all this. as john maynard keynes once said, when the facts change, i change
it is clear they're making energy energy less expensive. the average level as cost entering service in 2017 according to the department of energy, if they are field by natural gas, this cost $66 per megawatt hour. for wind, $96 per megawatt hour. for solar power $153 per megawatt hour. five years ago when the energy loan guarantee program was put in place and many of these subsidies for solar and wind, we didn't know we were sitting at 200 years of inexpensive natural gas. so maybe it was...
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energy departments weatherization division. it's actually known as the turkey farm. i went to local high-speed rail meetings in the central valley where i actually saw obama called a. i did spend some time in the way to fancy cylinder factory, to. but really my novel approach to evaluating the president was to try to figure out what he's doing. and others oiler alert, but the most important thing you should know about obama if he tried to do what he said he would do. he came into office with this unusually well-defined theory of the case and is try to put that theory into practice. his campaign agenda into daphne didn't attract a lot of attention and partly because the media was obsessed with his race unfunny ads comparing him to paris hilton. the partly because it was mostly the standard democratic agenda of reversing the bush era and investing in the future. obama cares a lot about policy, but it's not really a policy entrepreneur in the original campaign wasn't really about new ideas. it's about that that message of change a
energy departments weatherization division. it's actually known as the turkey farm. i went to local high-speed rail meetings in the central valley where i actually saw obama called a. i did spend some time in the way to fancy cylinder factory, to. but really my novel approach to evaluating the president was to try to figure out what he's doing. and others oiler alert, but the most important thing you should know about obama if he tried to do what he said he would do. he came into office with...
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energy. it's just strange that well-intentioned people who purport to rent the interest -- to represent the interests of the poor are advocating policies that are going to do them harm rather than good. well, in addition to hurting the poor and putting taxpayer money at risk, industrial policies to promote solar and wind are also undesirable because they create opportunities for political influence on what should be decisions on the merits. take bright source energy, for example, an oakland, california, company that received $1.6 billion in energy department loan guarantees. e-mails specifically refer to vice president joe biden's involvement in the $1.6 billion grant. it's for the proposed ivan power solar power project in the desert in southern california. an e-mail from bright source energy's subcontractor, bechtel systems and infrastructure, dated december 2, 2009, said that biden met weekly with energy secretary steven chu to discuss the energy department loan guarantees. bernard tune wh
energy. it's just strange that well-intentioned people who purport to rent the interest -- to represent the interests of the poor are advocating policies that are going to do them harm rather than good. well, in addition to hurting the poor and putting taxpayer money at risk, industrial policies to promote solar and wind are also undesirable because they create opportunities for political influence on what should be decisions on the merits. take bright source energy, for example, an oakland,...
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the department of energy estimated it would take 70 years and $36 billion to queen of rocky flats. they did not think that they would have the technology to do it. of course, those are almost impossible figures. a lot of people at the time felt that rocky flats become a national sacrifice zone we should close it, cabinets, and pray it does not move. but we haven't done that. instead we have a compromised cleanup. the company was hired to come in and they did the cleanup in less than 10 years. for about $7 million. only a small portion of that went to cleanup water and soil. as i had mentioned briefly earlier, the site is slated to open as a public wildlife refuge even though 1300 acres are so profoundly contaminated that they can never be open to the public. it was a facility of over 800 buildings. a very large plutonium production facility at the center. they were all connected by tunnels and all sorts of things. beneath the surface. that is how all the plutonium was transported. the way we were able to get a cleanup for only $7 billion, we had a very compromised standard. what th
the department of energy estimated it would take 70 years and $36 billion to queen of rocky flats. they did not think that they would have the technology to do it. of course, those are almost impossible figures. a lot of people at the time felt that rocky flats become a national sacrifice zone we should close it, cabinets, and pray it does not move. but we haven't done that. instead we have a compromised cleanup. the company was hired to come in and they did the cleanup in less than 10 years....
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. >> in the last few years russia has done very well in terms with the cost of energy throughout the world. we know the oligarchs were crony is where women tennis players are doing fine. how about the general population and? have they reaped the rewards of the good fortune? >> yes. statistically the country as a whole has benefited from the welfare and if that is part of what accounts for the long time putin when done challenge. it is hard to talk about bad things when things are good in the sense that people standard of living in changed exponentially in the early 2000's people could complete a new kind of clothing and lifestyle. restaurants were opening one dozen per week. good food, good wine. that got in the way of making life sweeter. at the same time russia has not mitigated any of the main disadvantage is of extreme wealth especially when exporting national resources. the ruble is too strong to live comfortably because everything is so expensive. everything is imported there's no point* to manufacture anything in russia. that is what accounts for the extremely high price of li
. >> in the last few years russia has done very well in terms with the cost of energy throughout the world. we know the oligarchs were crony is where women tennis players are doing fine. how about the general population and? have they reaped the rewards of the good fortune? >> yes. statistically the country as a whole has benefited from the welfare and if that is part of what accounts for the long time putin when done challenge. it is hard to talk about bad things when things are...
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and then you get 95 percent of the annual energy. his the batman's. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- i'm sorry, that went off in the garage of the world trade center in 1993 was about two-thirds of a ton of conventional explosive and 1% of hiroshima which is 14 kilotons, you're releasing 200 tons the energy of the palm that had it been placed better would have toppled one tower into another. in other words, is going to be a terrible mess. a lot of terrorists out there who would say you don't need a rolls-royce. a jalopy will do. the last thing, and this is something that pertains to ron. as well other context. talking about, iran does numbness of the input this on, and that's true. we don't know. it during much better the mockery of. north korea might have to go back. the case with the iranians, success. that comes down to militarizing your warhead enough so it will fit inside a missile nose cone or in a bomb that's not too heavy carried by aircraft. if you really advance, inside an artillery shell. what we've been talking about since
and then you get 95 percent of the annual energy. his the batman's. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- i'm sorry, that went off in the garage of the world trade center in 1993 was about two-thirds of a ton of conventional explosive and 1% of hiroshima which is 14 kilotons, you're releasing 200 tons the energy of the palm that had it been placed better would have toppled one tower into another. in other words, is going to be a terrible mess. a lot of terrorists out there who would...
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namely the energy from renewable sources, energy efficiency, energy pollution reduction and removal, natural resource conservation and environmental compliance education and training and public awareness. when i was testifying before the house energy and commerce committee they had a cut in front of me, often a glass of water but this time a glass of water and paper cup and the paper cup said architect of the capital on one side and power to save energy on the other side so since this cup fit the definition of education, training and public awareness the workers who made it had green jobs. if the cup had just said architect of the capital or had it just been a plain white cup, then the people who made it would not have had green jobs. when i wrote this book, "regulating to disaster" about environmental issues, while i was doing and i had a green jobs and perhaps i still do right now because i am talking about it. if i had been riding as i have been writing about social security and at the same time i was writing my book women's figures, and illustrated guide to the economic programs
namely the energy from renewable sources, energy efficiency, energy pollution reduction and removal, natural resource conservation and environmental compliance education and training and public awareness. when i was testifying before the house energy and commerce committee they had a cut in front of me, often a glass of water but this time a glass of water and paper cup and the paper cup said architect of the capital on one side and power to save energy on the other side so since this cup fit...
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. >> in the last few years russia has done very well in terms of the cost of energy throughout the world. and we know that the oligarchs, the cronies, hockey players and women tennis players are doing fine. how is the general population doing? have they reaped the rewards of any of these good fortune to? >> yes. i mean, statistically the country as a whole has benefited a great deal from the wealth. and i think that's part of what accounts for the longtime that putin went unchallenged, because it's hard to talk about how bad things are when things are really very, very good. very good in the sense that people's standard of living changed exponentially in the early 2000s. people were able to afford completely new kind of clothing, completely new lifestyle. restaurants in moscow were opening up a dozen a week. good food, good wine. all of that sort of has a way of making life sweeter. at the same time, russia has not mitigated any of the many disadvantages of sudden extreme wealth, especially when it is related to the natural resource. the ruble is too strong for most people to live comfor
. >> in the last few years russia has done very well in terms of the cost of energy throughout the world. and we know that the oligarchs, the cronies, hockey players and women tennis players are doing fine. how is the general population doing? have they reaped the rewards of any of these good fortune to? >> yes. i mean, statistically the country as a whole has benefited a great deal from the wealth. and i think that's part of what accounts for the longtime that putin went...
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becoming energy independent. going back to the environmental i believe the challenges to the type of and some of the way that it is done the toxins and the risk of i think mean it's not going to provide a reprieve for energy prices. and i put down military spending. 2010 data the united states spends about $700 billion on military spending around the world. it is the largest amount of money spent on military by far. they have distance second. one of the proposals in the book is that because some of the wars around the world are actually commodity wars. even if the united states diverted a fraction of the military sphending into more resource innovation .. working and how they are in africa of. for those of you that read the book you will know that there was a critique of aids and the second half of the book gave a whole list of specific things the world could do to try to encourage african standards in the world. my second book subtitled the 50 years of economic folly and start to places that i had again was a cr
becoming energy independent. going back to the environmental i believe the challenges to the type of and some of the way that it is done the toxins and the risk of i think mean it's not going to provide a reprieve for energy prices. and i put down military spending. 2010 data the united states spends about $700 billion on military spending around the world. it is the largest amount of money spent on military by far. they have distance second. one of the proposals in the book is that because...
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the energy, half of it in the last doubling. that sounds like if you get a bomb that predetonates, well, it's a dud; right? we don't have to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- sorry, that went off in the garage in 1993, was about two-thirds of a ton of conventional explosives. at 1% of a hiroshima bomb, you release 200 times the energy of that bomb that had it been placed better would have toppled one tower on another. in other words, it's going to be a terrible mess. there's a lot of terrorists out there who say they don't need a rolls royce. the last thing, and this is something that also pertains to iran as well as other contexts. they are talking about, well, iran does not have a missile to put this on yet, and that's true. we don't know that the lockertree is doing better than north korea. north korea may have to go back to rocket camp, which does not disstress me in the slightest, and in the case, however, the iranians, they are having pretty good success, and that comes dow
the energy, half of it in the last doubling. that sounds like if you get a bomb that predetonates, well, it's a dud; right? we don't have to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- sorry, that went off in the garage in 1993, was about two-thirds of a ton of conventional explosives. at 1% of a hiroshima bomb, you release 200 times the energy of that bomb that had it been placed better would have toppled one tower on another. in other words, it's going...
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if you haven't -- the first release 1% of the energy. the next in release 4%, gucci to five, and then you get 95 at the end, half of it in the last doubling. so that sounds like if you have a bomb that pre-detonate, you're done, right? we don't have to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- sorry, that went off in the crotch of the world trade center in 1993 was about two-thirds at the time of conventional explosives. at 1% of a hiroshima level bomb come which is 14 kilotons, you are releasing 200 times the energy of that bomb that had been placed better would have toppled one tower into another. in other words, it's going to be a terrible mess and there are a lot of terrorists out there who say they don't need a royals -- rolls-royce. this is something that also pertains to iran. as well of the concept. they're talking to iran doesn't have a missile that can put this on yet. and that's true. and we don't know, their rocketry is doing much better than north korea. north korea they have to go b
if you haven't -- the first release 1% of the energy. the next in release 4%, gucci to five, and then you get 95 at the end, half of it in the last doubling. so that sounds like if you have a bomb that pre-detonate, you're done, right? we don't have to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center -- sorry, that went off in the crotch of the world trade center in 1993 was about two-thirds at the time of conventional explosives. at 1% of a hiroshima level bomb...
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maybe energy dependent. do you think that possibility will allow us to be more assertive and reemerge more actively in the world you are describing? >> it may allow us. we'll allow us to be less assertive. if we have a problem in iran fe decide to close down the straits of hormuz, that is a problem for us. a bigger problem for china or india. syria is a problem for us a bigger for lebanon, turkey. we will have more of these conversations s.c. america station a distaste becomes more and energy independence. very few countries have a positive trajectory. no one is prepared to send troops back to iraq if it breaks apart. . . would become more assertive. if i felt that more americans were likely to feel that they benefit from the u.s. or the lender of last resort or driving globalization. but what we are increasingly seeing is there is no longer an average american. we are seeing that large numbers of americans feel despite all the wealth being generated by the multinational corporations in the u.s. and their sh
maybe energy dependent. do you think that possibility will allow us to be more assertive and reemerge more actively in the world you are describing? >> it may allow us. we'll allow us to be less assertive. if we have a problem in iran fe decide to close down the straits of hormuz, that is a problem for us. a bigger problem for china or india. syria is a problem for us a bigger for lebanon, turkey. we will have more of these conversations s.c. america station a distaste becomes more and...
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energy, education, health care. now we have spent billions and billions, wasting most of it i believe. we are exceedingly inefficient in doing that part of our mission. so when you talk about militarization of intelligence, it's also a policy and i don't necessarily blame the military. in fact i admire them. they are charging hard. they are going forward. i would like to see the rest of the u.s. government in this fight. when i say fight is not just talking about engaging with lethal force against the enemy. bees vintages and valleys that we have secured and we can secure, that hard power application, that is essential and it's critical because it's stopping the enemy from killing us, stopping the enemy from attacking us in our homeland but that is only the first 10, 20%. what happens after that? how do you have an enduring victory? >> hello. i am with a major u.s. air kerry and we have multiple applications and -- and my concern is yemen and the other parts of africa and the security of our crews when they are layi
energy, education, health care. now we have spent billions and billions, wasting most of it i believe. we are exceedingly inefficient in doing that part of our mission. so when you talk about militarization of intelligence, it's also a policy and i don't necessarily blame the military. in fact i admire them. they are charging hard. they are going forward. i would like to see the rest of the u.s. government in this fight. when i say fight is not just talking about engaging with lethal force...
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and then you get 95% of the energy. half of it in the last doubling. so that sounds like if you gate bomb that predetained. no. it's done. we strong to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center or i'm sorry that went off in the garage of the world trade center in 1993, which was about two third of a ton of conventional explosive. at 1% of a hero she ma level bomb which is 14 kill stones. you're realizing 1 2-00 times the energy of the bomb that had it been placed better would have toppled one tower in to another. in other words it's the going to be a terrible mess. there a lot of terrorist who say they don't need a -- [inaudible] this is something that pertains to iran. as well as other context. talking about iran hasn't got a missile they put it on yet. that's true. the rocket try is doing better than north korea. it may have go back to rocket try camp. it's not distress me in the slightest. and with the case, however, the iranians they're having good success. and that comes down to miniaturizing your warhead eno
and then you get 95% of the energy. half of it in the last doubling. so that sounds like if you gate bomb that predetained. no. it's done. we strong to worry. well, here's the bad news. the bomb that destroyed the world trade center or i'm sorry that went off in the garage of the world trade center in 1993, which was about two third of a ton of conventional explosive. at 1% of a hero she ma level bomb which is 14 kill stones. you're realizing 1 2-00 times the energy of the bomb that had it been...
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and they did not even get around to an energy bill. so there is. .. and ultimately in this country today, given the experience of the last couple years only reminds us that democracy is not a vicarious experience. and in the internet age, who went in the era of spurring is when deposing autocrats a middle east you say the forces are so great it will never have an impact. just look at our history. in the 1830's a group of people said slavery is a moral. you've got to end it, call abolitionists. in the 18 eighties a group of people said women have a right to vote in this country called the suffragists. in the 1950's somebody said african-americans ought to have the same break as everybody else in this country, civil-rights workers. in the 1970's somebody said we ought to clean air and clean the water environmentalists. on each of there's locations there wasn't a congressman or senator that had this idea. it was a citizen movement, a group of citizens the decided they were going to shake the country and they did want. those are things for us to think abo
and they did not even get around to an energy bill. so there is. .. and ultimately in this country today, given the experience of the last couple years only reminds us that democracy is not a vicarious experience. and in the internet age, who went in the era of spurring is when deposing autocrats a middle east you say the forces are so great it will never have an impact. just look at our history. in the 1830's a group of people said slavery is a moral. you've got to end it, call abolitionists....
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in the lobby include the air force high command most important the joint congressional committee on energy. >> next slide, please. >> november of 1953 the executive director of the joint committee on atomic energy had been william gordon who was an interesting figure himself but i won't go into detail here he wasn't a man of measure, he was someone who suspected oppenheimer was guilty of espionage from the beginning. he writes a letter to jay edgar hoover it's a long letter he spends many months and agonizes over but the gist of it is in fact the phrase that is operative but more probably them not robert oppenheimer is a soviet agent. this is the cause, the impetus for the investigation that will take place in the spring of 1954 and is there no 1i left out and that is tough louis probably the most powerful enemy at oppenheimer in washington as the chairman of the atomic energy commission. he hated oppenheimer for personal reasons. there was a hearing on isotopes a few years earlier. oppenheimer wasn't one to suffer fools. he felt that his position in this was foolish. so oppenheimer who wa
in the lobby include the air force high command most important the joint congressional committee on energy. >> next slide, please. >> november of 1953 the executive director of the joint committee on atomic energy had been william gordon who was an interesting figure himself but i won't go into detail here he wasn't a man of measure, he was someone who suspected oppenheimer was guilty of espionage from the beginning. he writes a letter to jay edgar hoover it's a long letter he...
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much energy. because this plan will need a lot of energy going forward. so that's one way to do this. did you know cisco right now, john chambers the head of cisco, he says all the time with $50 billion in cash sitting in overseas bank accounts. cisco has $50 billion in cash sitting in overseas bank accounts. he said would you change the tax also i can bring it back to the united states without losing it all to taxes? what would you do with that money? he said i will hire people, built doctors, investing countries, i will grow the economy. he's not alone. apple computer has tens of billions. into less tens of billions. there's at least a trillion dollars of money, of corporations, u.s. corporations sitting in currency and banks outside the united states. not bring it in because they're worried about our tax policy. that's a stimulus package. how many people here would feel better about than the government borrowing money from the chinese to put in our economy? [applause] right? let's bring the tri
much energy. because this plan will need a lot of energy going forward. so that's one way to do this. did you know cisco right now, john chambers the head of cisco, he says all the time with $50 billion in cash sitting in overseas bank accounts. cisco has $50 billion in cash sitting in overseas bank accounts. he said would you change the tax also i can bring it back to the united states without losing it all to taxes? what would you do with that money? he said i will hire people, built doctors,...
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is more energy independent? great. when we focus on the u.s.? i do not think we are addressing this. i think there's more of a challenge going forward. >> there's always been an isolationist strain in america's foreign policy. are we always seemed a fatigue after afghanistan and iraq and of course economic problems, global financial crisis than just returning to an isolationist u.s.? >> i don't think it should fatigue. i think some of it is structural. some of it is a bunch of american who do not feel for legitimate reasons that globalization will benefit them. big manufacturing jobs in this country are gone. we can do policy in this place that will create them, but generally speaking we need to reach and our people. you need to have a college education to get a job nowadays and a lot of people don't. in britain of course they said okay let's give everyone a college education. they basically didn't approve the standards. we are not driving towards a real fix to that problem. the caveat dances american is so dominated that we can afford to ignore
is more energy independent? great. when we focus on the u.s.? i do not think we are addressing this. i think there's more of a challenge going forward. >> there's always been an isolationist strain in america's foreign policy. are we always seemed a fatigue after afghanistan and iraq and of course economic problems, global financial crisis than just returning to an isolationist u.s.? >> i don't think it should fatigue. i think some of it is structural. some of it is a bunch of...
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he brought energy and star quality to the committee. so obama joined the committee in 2005 and they worked together and took a trip together. a mentor in his death in a campaign, senator bucher endorsed john mccain as you might expect. he also was careful not to disparage obama. in fact, weeks before the 2008 presidential election, he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy. it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things than critical votes. it is a sort of thing he sort of hope your public officials do. look at something and call it straight. even then there is criticism from republicans who felt that he was not sufficiently critical of obama. since barack obama was select dead it came to office in 2009, they try to work with the president when he could. despite the campaign rhetoric we hear in indiana, i again senator lugar is neither barack obama's best friend or his worst critic. it is a conservative republican and dis
he brought energy and star quality to the committee. so obama joined the committee in 2005 and they worked together and took a trip together. a mentor in his death in a campaign, senator bucher endorsed john mccain as you might expect. he also was careful not to disparage obama. in fact, weeks before the 2008 presidential election, he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy. it was a very even minded speech in...
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but to those who already know him, his dynamism and boisterous energy already the finest character. throughout his life franklin was referring to his cousin theodore with genuine off as the most wonderful man i ever knew. the book is filled with theodore's infectious patriotism and his delight in the exploits of the gallant and glamorous, doors and let america's early navy. but theodore roosevelt has not limited his narrative to heroes alone. woven into the celebration of their adventures are broader points on the strategic value of navies in general, under the unique role that they play in shaping and carrying out national policy. he explains how warships can reach across the globe to enforce the national resolve thousands of miles from home. the tiny american navy man's two and a way that they controlled. they embraced the enemy of the coast of africa and as far away as the waters of brazil. cousin ted points out that when navies are large enough to be organized into fleets they can wield a devastating power in combat, much as melson did at trafalgar the horror show of an enemy su
but to those who already know him, his dynamism and boisterous energy already the finest character. throughout his life franklin was referring to his cousin theodore with genuine off as the most wonderful man i ever knew. the book is filled with theodore's infectious patriotism and his delight in the exploits of the gallant and glamorous, doors and let america's early navy. but theodore roosevelt has not limited his narrative to heroes alone. woven into the celebration of their adventures are...
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the last time there was kind of media energy it was july 2010, when with went down. yes. >> people go back to the places making the accusations calling you a reversed racist. the speed it happened. how did it feel being back in the space now that you have the whole story? >> it feels god to know that -- first of all, with that able to use the same media in a sense to be able to get a story, the right story out. it feels -- i can't explain how great it feels to be able to sit here and to hear the actress really -- oh my godness, whron if you saw me i was crying a little. it was amazing. i didn't ever think -- i made the decision years ago, i didn't want people to forget my father and what he meant to us. i had no idea i would be able to tell the story in this way. it feels great. >> what is so beautiful about this book? i feel like it's more than a book. it's a living history, it's like a love letter to choices, and it remind us that without the feelings the facts don't convey enough what a history it has been and as brutty as the history for african-americans for hum
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they got energy assistance. take a discussions with the united states, a variety of assistance from south korea. they got things in return for this. of course that is the nature of diplomacy, that the driving force behind it. i know there were some who disagree with this. the driving force behind that were the sanctions they really put a bite on that. >> and of course they are still driving for a nuclear saw this, even though the apparent agreements designed to do with the plutonium part of the north korean program. but let me go back and ask about the north korean prospects. they're still cash hungry. did we don't see any immediate evidence of course the chinese are always there suggesting the north koreans should follow their path. what is really the way to cultivate an entire german for north korea can move any reform direction. at this point, so obviously looking for cash, but is there a way of drawing them into a positive path rather than pursuing the negative activities we've been talking about. >> guest:
they got energy assistance. take a discussions with the united states, a variety of assistance from south korea. they got things in return for this. of course that is the nature of diplomacy, that the driving force behind it. i know there were some who disagree with this. the driving force behind that were the sanctions they really put a bite on that. >> and of course they are still driving for a nuclear saw this, even though the apparent agreements designed to do with the plutonium part...
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[laughter] i was on the energy and natural resources committee and the chairman was the guy from louisiana name ben johnson. secretary henry kissinger was on the geopolitics for boyle and the chairman of the committee said were so glad you're here, dr. kissinger. i know to make important contributions for this committees were. i want to say to the committee members that dr. kissinger's memoir has just come out 824 pages. i must tell you, dr. kissinger, i find it full of things that. if you fall asleep and break your -- drop it on your leg it will break it. i want to talk about the book and then you can ask them questions. the impetus of this book was really, like many americans, last summer witness the debt limit debacle and i witnessed this up we were still in two wars in the other side of the world and i was aware of the middle class and the median income was the same as the was as it was in 2006 in for the last 25 years basically stagnant. i found for the last 25 years, basically do you really think anything is going to get done. i'm feeling hopeless. i decided to write it out. i don't
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a rich and wealthy germany, poland between them that has -- >> it has gas under that many get an energy power in the century. this is living in geography. your argument about russia and russia's in security would be that it's too flat. half the world's longitudes but it's indefensible, it runs north, south so they don't unite the country and had less people than bangladesh. 141 million people, bangladesh has more. so vladimir putin sent up near imperialism on the deepak geographical and security and that's how we should understand not as a madman hour to totalitarian but it's a very traditional autocrat. >> one of the interesting hinges of this book is your discussion about the fall of the berlin wall, and if i read it right, you say that it may appear optimists. it made us to convinced that himeno agencies our system of democracy, system of free markets would have the transforming power. >> talk about that and take that story through the 1980's and into the 90's. >> the fall of the berlin wall eliminated constraints. we thought because we can get to the red army out of eastern europe i
a rich and wealthy germany, poland between them that has -- >> it has gas under that many get an energy power in the century. this is living in geography. your argument about russia and russia's in security would be that it's too flat. half the world's longitudes but it's indefensible, it runs north, south so they don't unite the country and had less people than bangladesh. 141 million people, bangladesh has more. so vladimir putin sent up near imperialism on the deepak geographical and...
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mattock tales of battle, driven by focused energy and heightened energy excited me. it was the warriors extraordinary sense of mission. i was moved by a connection with the horrible and unimpressed. i wanted to challenge great evil powers to lead troops into battle to the most noble causes. unfortunately come the world in which i was living aloud for a few grand heroics. rather than the battleground, it was a special kind of wasteland. i grew up at a time when one's work and acceptance as a female was not typical. when little girls dreams revolved around their weddings and watching the queen for a day's ritual and domestic conveniences. it was a vast wilderness of mothers, teachers and friends. creating a suffocating loneliness that i could not name or understand. i felt powerless to change my fate until queen elizabeth the i finally broke that silence. for its survival skills, her mother was beheaded when she was three years old, her stepmother executed when she was nine, she was sexually molested a 15 and spent two months in prison, a hairs breadth away from execut
mattock tales of battle, driven by focused energy and heightened energy excited me. it was the warriors extraordinary sense of mission. i was moved by a connection with the horrible and unimpressed. i wanted to challenge great evil powers to lead troops into battle to the most noble causes. unfortunately come the world in which i was living aloud for a few grand heroics. rather than the battleground, it was a special kind of wasteland. i grew up at a time when one's work and acceptance as a...
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that is where the energy of a guy like zemuuray came from. grew up in these little jewish towns and were not allowed to compete and they got to america and this ambition over many generations was unleashed and you realize looking at zemuuray of all these freedoms one of the big freedoms was the freedom to stop being jewish. that was the main freedom and i don't think being jewish -- he belonged to a synagogue but i don't think being jewish was important to him. of those his kids were married in churches. there are no jewish the sins of sam the banana man. they are not jewish and mostly central american. for whatever reason early on the first president of israel would become -- looking to raise money in the united states and heard about this jewish banana king. he went to new orleans and he became an early donor to zionist causes. i don't know how much can be believed and how much is a personal thing but later in the second world war he helped get jews out of europe and when there were jewish refugees people don't remember that after world war
that is where the energy of a guy like zemuuray came from. grew up in these little jewish towns and were not allowed to compete and they got to america and this ambition over many generations was unleashed and you realize looking at zemuuray of all these freedoms one of the big freedoms was the freedom to stop being jewish. that was the main freedom and i don't think being jewish -- he belonged to a synagogue but i don't think being jewish was important to him. of those his kids were married in...
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we'd get $5.6 million less in funding, low-income energy assistance payments to people in our state who heat with oil, and on and on. this is all my way of coming back to the -- to the point i made at the beginning and -- and why i'm encouraged by the statements president obama and senator mcconnell have made this afternoon, that we're close to an agreement, close to a deal. i don't agree, i say again, that no deal is better than a bad deal. in this case of the fiscal cliff, no deal is the worst deal possible for the american people. we passed the time when we're going to -- before tonight, negotiate the comprehensive, bipartisan debt-reduction agreement that our country desperately needs. the least we can do is protect the constituents who were good enough to send us here from the worst possible result, which is that we let the country go over the cliff, we -- we prove that to everybody, including people around the world who depend on american strength and watch us, that our political system has become absolutely dysfunctional. so i hope the negotiations going on now end with an agreem
we'd get $5.6 million less in funding, low-income energy assistance payments to people in our state who heat with oil, and on and on. this is all my way of coming back to the -- to the point i made at the beginning and -- and why i'm encouraged by the statements president obama and senator mcconnell have made this afternoon, that we're close to an agreement, close to a deal. i don't agree, i say again, that no deal is better than a bad deal. in this case of the fiscal cliff, no deal is the...
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around a set of goals for your country, goes in manufacturing, energy, education, national security in the deficit. a real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild the economy and a stronger foundation. that is what we can do in the next four years, and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. [applause] >> find in the speech from both the democratic and republican conventions on line at the c-span video library. book tv coverage from the 2012 rose above reading festival continues. mary stuck the talks about her book, the finding americans, the presidency in national identity. >> now i have to try to be engaging. i think the most important thing to understand about the presidency in this context is that we always have choices. when you pick a president you are absolutely picking a particular kind of policy, but you're also picking a definition of our national identity -- identity. if you hear president and you like what they're saying to make you feel yourself call to the presidency than they are speaking to you abo
around a set of goals for your country, goes in manufacturing, energy, education, national security in the deficit. a real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild the economy and a stronger foundation. that is what we can do in the next four years, and that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. [applause] >> find in the speech from both the democratic and republican conventions on line at the c-span video library. book...
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the got energy assistance, new sets of political discussions with the united states come a variety of assistance from south korea, they got things in return for this but that's the nature of diplomacy. i think the driving force behind -- i know there are some who would disagree with this driving force behind that what were these sanctions that really put a bite on that? >> host: they are driving even despite the apparent agreements that had been made that were designed actually to deal with the plutonium part of the program. but let me go back and ask about the north korean prospect of reform they are still cash hungry. maybe we don't see any immediate evidence that it's committed to reform the of course the chinese are always there suggesting they should follow their path. what is the way to cultivate an environment where north korean can move in a reformed direction quickset despite its obvious they are looking for cash. but is there a way of drawing them into a positive rather than pursuing the the negative activities we've been talking about? >> the positive stuff that's been on t
the got energy assistance, new sets of political discussions with the united states come a variety of assistance from south korea, they got things in return for this but that's the nature of diplomacy. i think the driving force behind -- i know there are some who would disagree with this driving force behind that what were these sanctions that really put a bite on that? >> host: they are driving even despite the apparent agreements that had been made that were designed actually to deal...
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it was going to involve a lot of energy and organization, and, of course, famously, in 19th century russia, peasants are not easy to organize. it's a recurring theme, of course in the great russian literary works in fact 19th century, and so the mysteries of the estates in chekov's story walks away fearing that this can never be done, the schoolhouse can never be build built, but the village blacksmith takes pity on the mysteries of the estates, follows her down the path, and says, don't worry, give if time. let them get used to the idea. maybe it'll take two years. maybe it'll take four years. maybe it'll take ten years or so, but if you let the pes cants, themselves, come around to the idea it's a good thing to have a school in this village, they will cheerfully and eagerly do the work. it is simply you can't tell them what they have to decide they want. that's the principle. from this, kennane plained this is how we have to handle the soviet union. we understand that this system is contradictory, that the system is not going to succeed, that this system, even at that point, 1940s, but c
it was going to involve a lot of energy and organization, and, of course, famously, in 19th century russia, peasants are not easy to organize. it's a recurring theme, of course in the great russian literary works in fact 19th century, and so the mysteries of the estates in chekov's story walks away fearing that this can never be done, the schoolhouse can never be build built, but the village blacksmith takes pity on the mysteries of the estates, follows her down the path, and says, don't worry,...
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june 2nd, the iranians sent a letter to the head of the atomic energy agency that the iranians lingerie for the reactor. that currently produces four approximate 85,900,000 patients. the iranians are running out of fuel. there were several brainstorming sessions that the key proposal is how can the u.s. debt load and read -- enriched uranium out of iran you have to have enriched iranian -- iranian to do this. one of the issues, sorry, there was a sense of they could reduce the stockpile then the political space and time would increase. if the iranians have enough the confrontational measures would be significant. but if it could be taken out obama would gain time and perspective. the beauty of iranians themselves was half of the problem was solved. know they no longer need to convince them but give the proposal back to say instead of buying fuel, we take the lbo, it turned into fuel, you get that both sides win it gives political time and space for diplomacy, something positive to show diplomacy could work. by the iranians asking for it, it was delivered to the united states. asset of d
june 2nd, the iranians sent a letter to the head of the atomic energy agency that the iranians lingerie for the reactor. that currently produces four approximate 85,900,000 patients. the iranians are running out of fuel. there were several brainstorming sessions that the key proposal is how can the u.s. debt load and read -- enriched uranium out of iran you have to have enriched iranian -- iranian to do this. one of the issues, sorry, there was a sense of they could reduce the stockpile then...
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significant gravestone for those being killed, but it had a perverse effect because it diffused the energy and the drive to establish a real monument, and as the political confrontation intensified, history became more and subordinated to the demands of overthrowing the communist regime. when the communist regime finally was overthrown, it can truly be said that the mass movement behind in support of memorializing the victims of the chair collapsed, and only those morally committed from the beginning remained to continue the work of trying to find the burial sites, to identify the dead, to establish monuments, to correct the history books, and russia was plunged into a horrific depression. during the yelpson years, the gross national product in russia declined by half. that didn't even happen under nazi occupation. there were 5 million to 6 million surplus debts. now by "surplus debts, it's a term used by demographers to indicate deaths that could not have been predicted on previous trends. in other words, something different happened. after the soviet union collapsed, people who lost fait
significant gravestone for those being killed, but it had a perverse effect because it diffused the energy and the drive to establish a real monument, and as the political confrontation intensified, history became more and subordinated to the demands of overthrowing the communist regime. when the communist regime finally was overthrown, it can truly be said that the mass movement behind in support of memorializing the victims of the chair collapsed, and only those morally committed from the...
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there's a wonderful energy, amazing pace. it has all the other things these cities have in terms of life and excitement and thrills. there are other -- there are other times when the city is a city under siege, you know, the bbc estimates this year alone, and by this year, i mean until the beginning of august, some 300 people were assassinated in the city, some 300 political activists killed in extrajudicial killings, which is familiar for those who lived through the 1990s. it's a pattern we see repeating itself. >> presumed this is basically a gang war between the mqm and -- >> it's ethnic, political, turf, and it's reared its ugly head again, and violates mutates in that city, and before 2005, or even, yeah, well, you know, it was embassies targets of violence rather than people. it was mcdonald's, it was, you know, but the city adapts, and it adopts itself to the violence of the region, and of the country, and now people have watched the floods that have devastated the country and particularly in recent weeks, the province
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but the polling that we now know has a significant storage of natural shale gas which may make it an energy power into the 21st century so this is within geography. estimate your argument about russia and russians in security would basically be it's too flat. >> it has half of the world's longitude, but it's flat, it's indefensible, its rivers run north and south rather than east and west so they don't unite the country and it has less people than bangladesh. 141 million people bangladesh has more people commesso vladimir putin's cynical neo imperialism are the wages of the could be the geographical and security and that is how we should understand it not as a mad man or a totalitarian but as a very traditional russian autocrat. >> one of the interesting pictures of this book is your discussion of the fall of the berlin wall and if i read you right to say that it made us too optimistic. our system of democracy and free markets would have a transforming power. talk about that and take that story through the 1980's and 90's. >> the berlin wall and eliminated constraints. we thought because we
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it's going to have to transformd education.in the last four our energy and debt and deficit. >> host: we have another callerh >> caller: my question is talking about the economy. i wonder where that is fundedve right now. been have we been [inaudible] with the partnership in recent years. someone in the united states,pre someone [inaudible] >> what a wonderful question. that is really a core argument book.azing about what made america great ie that we had a great public fodation partnership.economy an it provides a foundation for our market economy to believe launc, into the world. wor's educating the people, update wiem to what the economy was, bd bandwidth, the most open immigration policies so that we can bring people over there and still have the most energeticrue and talenteds immigrants. an we have rules and regulations to nded r incentivize and the most government-funded research pushes out the boundaries of science. our venture capitalists and at was smart iq risktakers can turn them into a new something we credible.ed o you get an america that cann deliver on the american dre
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indians it was convenient to cast the mexican people as ignorant and and develop the, savages lacking the energy of u.s. capitalism and unfortunate stereotype that persists to some extent to the present day. like the native americans the mexicans are seen as being in the way of progress. i used the quote of american manifest destiny were things i got. the mexican government was quite aware who was dealing with and the lady -- late 1820s the mexican commission wrote americans were an ambitious people. without a spark of good faith. as robert kagan writes in dangerous nation everybody viewed the united states this way including the spanish, french and british. french diplomats called the american populace warlike. the information got out somehow without fancy technology. shortly after the same framework, native americans and mexicans supplied by the north and the american south. lazy do nothing society in a way of progress. it was not no. opposition to slavery that triggered the civil war although it came to play an important role as the unifying theme. i'm not excusing slavery and it might well b
indians it was convenient to cast the mexican people as ignorant and and develop the, savages lacking the energy of u.s. capitalism and unfortunate stereotype that persists to some extent to the present day. like the native americans the mexicans are seen as being in the way of progress. i used the quote of american manifest destiny were things i got. the mexican government was quite aware who was dealing with and the lady -- late 1820s the mexican commission wrote americans were an ambitious...
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case of the american indians, it was convenient to cast the mexican people undeveloped lacking the energy of u.s. capitalism, an unfortunate stereotype that persists to some extent down to the present day. ii know, i live in mexico. they were seen as living in the way of progress, and i use that in quotes, the american manifest study ordained by god. in fact, the mexican government was aware of whom they were dealing with, and in the late 1820s, the mexican commission wrote they were an ambitious people, ready to encroach upon their neighbors without a sphark of good -- separate of good faith. as robert kagan writes, everybody viewed the united states this way. french diplomats called america war like and restless. they didn't have wikileaks in those days, but the information got out somehow without fancy technology. after the same frame work used to kill americans and mexicans was applied to the american south, a lazy do-nothing society in the way of progress. as i discuss in the why america failed, it was not northern opposition to slavery triggering the civil war, although it played a
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. >> nuclear energy. my question is, have you factored in going forward geopolitically, factors into play, for example, fragments of harsh era winter or pakistan falls apart. our euro falls apart. the track to factor then these global destabilizing factors? are you looking strictly economic? >> the book comes up relatively optimistic on the u.s. the whole point is expectations. after the great financial crisis the conventional belief was that the u.s. would go down the path of japan, which is a long time of stagnation. and i think what has been recognized as far as the u.s. is concerned are three important factors. this is socked include the book. i come back. hey, not such a bad place as it's made out to be. i think the reason for that is i think like touched upon, the whole oil boom taking place and the shell gas. if an oil supply surprises to the upside, your systematically. the foreign energy independence has been declining. this is related to another product point about technology which is that one t
. >> nuclear energy. my question is, have you factored in going forward geopolitically, factors into play, for example, fragments of harsh era winter or pakistan falls apart. our euro falls apart. the track to factor then these global destabilizing factors? are you looking strictly economic? >> the book comes up relatively optimistic on the u.s. the whole point is expectations. after the great financial crisis the conventional belief was that the u.s. would go down the path of...
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they didn't have to worry about national education policy, national energy policy, you know, terrorism policy. you just go down a whole litany of things that the modern congress which incidentally has consisted of the same number of people as the 1959. so you have more people or the same number of people trying to do so much more than they ever did. villagers of any kind just kind of destroy the institution. but i think that's one reason why the idea of returning to the old fashion -- let me say one final thing about watergate. watergate is a tribute to the upside of politically divided government. that is, richard nixon was run out of town because the democrats controlled congress. if the republicans have controlled congress this would not have happened. one of the things you do get with divided government is greater oversight of the president by the congress so that the current house of representatives is spending all of its time besides voting to repeal obamacare, trying to investigate the obama administration, and this is exactly what would be predicted. so what we have been is sep
they didn't have to worry about national education policy, national energy policy, you know, terrorism policy. you just go down a whole litany of things that the modern congress which incidentally has consisted of the same number of people as the 1959. so you have more people or the same number of people trying to do so much more than they ever did. villagers of any kind just kind of destroy the institution. but i think that's one reason why the idea of returning to the old fashion -- let me...
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but this book also gets deeply into energy, into immigration, entrepreneurship and a lot of other areas where we think policies f they change -- if they change, can promote growth. so i thank you all for coming. thank you, mr. president, and, please, pick up your book on the way out. [applause] and read it. ?rsh. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> next, chrystia freeland talks about the rides of the super rich, the top .1% of the global population. and the impact they have in the world. this talk was hosted by politics & prose bookstore in washington, d.c., and it's about an hour. [applause] >> hey, thanks a lot. and and sorry for keeping everyone waiting. you-had a chance to finish reading my book in that time. [laughter] so i probably don't need to say anything about it. so i'll just say a few things, um, about what's in my book, and then maybe we can talk about it. as i've been sort of doing some interviews with my book, a favo
but this book also gets deeply into energy, into immigration, entrepreneurship and a lot of other areas where we think policies f they change -- if they change, can promote growth. so i thank you all for coming. thank you, mr. president, and, please, pick up your book on the way out. [applause] and read it. ?rsh. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events....
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we use 25 president of its -- 25% of its energy. do you think russia and china are going to help us out when they need those resources themselves? 80 president -- 80% of the world's energy reserves are right here in eurasia where the prize ultimately lies; oil, gas, water. iraq alone, 10% of the world's reserves. 60 of 80 oil fields -- >> and another 100 billion gallons in the western desert. they're floating in a sea of oil. >> we have bases in 120 countries all over the world. we include iraq, look what happens. >> we are at the fertile choke point of civilization. the tie depress euphrates, we drain the swamp like don says, we rebuild it. we develop its resources to the maximum. they own it, we run it. pipelines, seal atlanta, their resources finance the reconstruction. >> it's a power that won't be broken in our lifetime if we stick to the plan. >> so what is our real exit strategy on iraq, dick? >> there is no exit. we stay. >> spoken like a true oilman. >> you were part of the plan, colin, back in the '90s. you backed our weap
we use 25 president of its -- 25% of its energy. do you think russia and china are going to help us out when they need those resources themselves? 80 president -- 80% of the world's energy reserves are right here in eurasia where the prize ultimately lies; oil, gas, water. iraq alone, 10% of the world's reserves. 60 of 80 oil fields -- >> and another 100 billion gallons in the western desert. they're floating in a sea of oil. >> we have bases in 120 countries all over the world. we...
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foreign energy dependence has been declining but it continues basis on the five to seven years. it brought up the point about technology. which is that one thing the u.s. continues to lead on. it was shown on facebook last week. it remains on the edge of technology. [inaudible] one-third of the global in the world takes place in the u.s. one point. and i think that that's a very high number. and very different than the japanese. [inaudible] one thing you notice is the japanese come out sort of products. but they tend to be much more sort of centered around their own domestic market, which don't work that easily. [inaudible] but the u.s. production takes -- does very well in the foreign marketplaces because of the idea compared to japan. the other point about the u.s. is -- [inaudible] just how cheap it is to come. it is cheapest it's been in the history. if you -- [inaudible] we're seeing manufacturing take place in the country jobs are moving back in the manufacturing sector because hearing about the fact growth is very low. along with the cheap dollar is leading to sort of, yo
foreign energy dependence has been declining but it continues basis on the five to seven years. it brought up the point about technology. which is that one thing the u.s. continues to lead on. it was shown on facebook last week. it remains on the edge of technology. [inaudible] one-third of the global in the world takes place in the u.s. one point. and i think that that's a very high number. and very different than the japanese. [inaudible] one thing you notice is the japanese come out sort of...
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broke the cover three weeks ago and made some very gently constructive criticism of obama's tax on energy policy, he said but, i don't believe our president, our country should criticize our president. the public role of the president supporting the current one continues. this is a great picture. >> this is an amazing moment. again, we argue about whether eisenhower does or not. johnson is the majority leader. still, a democrat and a republican. the night of the kennedy assassination, johnson is on the phone to eisenhower. he said i've needed you for longtime enemies you more than ever. the next day, eisenhower drives to the white house to see president johnson. he sees kennedy's body lying in state. and he goes to see johnson. he writes out in a legal pad and here's what you need to do. you need to call a joint session of congress and here's what he needs a because the world is watching. the country is, tightest. everyone wonders what's going to happen next. his basic advice is you need to promise to do everything in their power to push through committee's agenda. this is not because eis
broke the cover three weeks ago and made some very gently constructive criticism of obama's tax on energy policy, he said but, i don't believe our president, our country should criticize our president. the public role of the president supporting the current one continues. this is a great picture. >> this is an amazing moment. again, we argue about whether eisenhower does or not. johnson is the majority leader. still, a democrat and a republican. the night of the kennedy assassination,...